Comments on: Who’s who on the Rich List?http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/07/03/whos-who-on-the-rich-list/
now with extra sourceSun, 02 Aug 2015 22:15:40 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1By: Colin Gurteenhttp://www.crikey.com.au/2014/07/03/whos-who-on-the-rich-list/comment-page-1/#comment-280111
Colin GurteenFri, 04 Jul 2014 03:41:07 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=445569#comment-280111And is no-one bothered by the obscenity of these numbers? Is our rage confined to a typo rather than the disgrace that extreme capitalism allows Rinehart, Lowy and co. to accumulate more than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes while thousands of others will never have enough for the only life they'll ever have?And is no-one bothered by the obscenity of these numbers? Is our rage confined to a typo rather than the disgrace that extreme capitalism allows Rinehart, Lowy and co. to accumulate more than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes while thousands of others will never have enough for the only life they’ll ever have?
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Ian StolzFri, 04 Jul 2014 01:33:09 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=445569#comment-280100@zut alors: The European "billion" is 1 million million, however the American billion is 1 thousand million. Since the world currency is in American dollars, the American "billion" was adopted in reference to a billion and the European billion has mostly become defunct.@zut alors: The European “billion” is 1 million million, however the American billion is 1 thousand million. Since the world currency is in American dollars, the American “billion” was adopted in reference to a billion and the European billion has mostly become defunct.
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Crikey InternThu, 03 Jul 2014 09:11:27 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=445569#comment-280075Thanks for pointing that error out guys. Bottom two should say million instead of billion. Hopefully doesn't take away from the purpose of the graphic
-CobbaThanks for pointing that error out guys. Bottom two should say million instead of billion. Hopefully doesn’t take away from the purpose of the graphic
-Cobba
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Gregory GrasshopperThu, 03 Jul 2014 08:30:06 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=445569#comment-280069Well done, love the graphicWell done, love the graphic
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zut alorsThu, 03 Jul 2014 05:29:31 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=445569#comment-280046Indeed, no way are Lady Fairfax & Kerr several times richer than Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.
Billion: it's an amount impossible to grasp. I remember when a billion was defined as one million times a million. Sometime during the past thirty years it was sorely devalued.Indeed, no way are Lady Fairfax & Kerr several times richer than Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.

Billion: it’s an amount impossible to grasp. I remember when a billion was defined as one million times a million. Sometime during the past thirty years it was sorely devalued.

You beat me to it. I assume ‘bn’ is some bizarre abbreviation for ‘billion’.

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Aidan WilsonThu, 03 Jul 2014 03:50:48 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=445569#comment-280017I think Mary Fairfax and Owen Kerr's figures are off by a factor of 1000. Fairfax has 450 million, not billion, and Kerr has 250 million.I think Mary Fairfax and Owen Kerr’s figures are off by a factor of 1000. Fairfax has 450 million, not billion, and Kerr has 250 million.
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